#Opioid

Please please please for the love of god whether you think religion is opioid for the masses or you’re a devout believer—be wondering right now why all these men are
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Thread on this unbalanced and dangerous piece from @Independent on OST in prisons. There is so much wrong with this article, it reverts to the old methadone bashing trope failing
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I find this piece kind of surprising, because there's a lot of good intention in it, but, also a lot of misunderstanding of the political economy of drugs and what
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For the past week I’ve been working on palliative care at the regional cancer centre. What I’ve liked most is taking time to talk to patients abt their illness and
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Yesterday I did a thread about BC party platforms and the overdose crisis. The very next day the Greens put out a new platform, so, here goes another one. Let's
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A 17-part thread on independent practices legislative fights and the distractions they represent.First, I am troubled that we continue to have these policy fights. They are a waste of time,
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This is exactly what I was afraid would be the reaction to the Cochrane Review on AA. Note the language in this article, the patient blaming for not exerting enough
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tw: talk about bathroom stuff, hEDS related learned yesterday in one of my groups that hEDS patients can have a regular bathroom schedule and STILL be constipated. apparently because our
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Today is the big day.2 weeks ago today President Trump promised “a full and complete health care plan” within 2 weeks.So of course I set my calendar & woke up
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Interesting that we're describing #COVID19 as 'a great leveller.' And yet:1. In UK, restrictive rules about community opioid availability mean that breathlessness, easy to relieve with small doses of morphine,
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1/ So what we’re being told is that LMPD, hoping to find Breonna Taylor’s EX-boyfriend, Bc of drug activity, were justified in bashing down her door even though they had
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Trump got some great care over at Walter Reed. But here's how it usually goes...I went into the Emergency Room last February with a still undiagnosed illness. I had a
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In light of ye old gross Meghan Daum essay on Appalachia may I humbly suggest you follow these amazing thinkers and writers from the region: 1) @elizabethcatte, author of What
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*Thread*Great article Dr. Fudin vs Kolodny round 3 lol “What he said about kidney stones is not correct. In fact, it’s cruel. What he said about tooth extractions is correct,”
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420 Policy Thread Exec Summary:MJ = Cannabis. MJ was criminalized in 1930s, this movement was rooted in racism & fear & have caused disproportionate racial composition in prisons. In states
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Perhaps more than the ranting, and shouting, and the refusal to disavow racism - this was the gravest misstep Trump made in the debate. The opioid problem in America crosses
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